Auschwitz 65 Years Later

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• Consider the use of vectors, line, contrast, composition, colour, and perspective (there are more techniques) The use of vector lines draws your eye to the distance, where you see how big this place really is, as well as drawing you to the tower in the back of the picture, meaning that there is no escape and that there always watching you. The colour of the sky contrasts with the darkness of the camp itself and all the white snow around it, bringing a sort of dark peacefulness to the picture. The composition of the house is important. The position where the house is placed, behind the fence, speaks to us that freedom is behind those fences, and even though there so close to it, they just cant get to it.
• How can the visual elements in the photo evoke empathy and reverence from a viewer? The picture makes the viewer feel sad, and brings out a dark mood since the history of this place is quiet a dark topic
• How is Auschwitz represented in this photo? Its represented as a sort of prison with all the fences nest to it and on the left of the fences is a sort of freedom, since the light is on the left
• Find another photo of Auschwitz that you feel has an important representation of this place that caused so much pain and destruction. Analyse the use of visual techniques which make it particularly engaging. How does it represent this location?